Suntory Limited

Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Takuma Co., Ltd.

Takeshi Saeki

Yoichi Hirata

Takanori Yamamoto

Takeshi Morimoto

Shigeaki Fujikawa

Nobuya Matsumoto

Goro Fujiwara

Mitsunobu Masuda

Mitsuru Kashihara

Shinichi Kunisaki

Nobuo Kyogoku

Hironori Nakano

Takashi Shirakawa

Yoshiharu Takemori

Toru Hino

Daichi Enomoto

Kazuyuki Murakami

Chieko Tada

Hirotaka Shiba

A storage battery device according to the present disclosure includes a storage unit accumulating charge, an attachment unit attachable to an electronic device, and a controller charging the storage unit by a first current value when the storage battery device is attached to the electronic device via the attachment unit, and charging the storage unit by a second current value lower than the first current value when the storage battery device is not attached to the electronic device via the attachment unit.

Storage battery device

The present invention provides an electronic device that can operate as long as possible even if the battery level is low and that can avoid an unexpected shutdown as much of the time as possible while data is being transmitted to, or received from, an external device. The electronic device has a particular mode of operation in which the electronic device is connected to an external device and can accept a request to read and/or write information sent by the external device. The electronic device includes: a battery; an interface, which is connected to the external device so as to get power from the external device and which accepts the request sent by the external device; and a control section for changing conditions for enabling that particular mode of operation according to a supply value, which is at least one of the values of current and voltage supplied by the external device, and a value representing a level of the battery.

Electronic apparatus, method for controlling electronic apparatus, computer program, and recording medium

An electronic device comprises a plurality of memory components, a connector, a receiver, and a communication component. The connector is configured to operatively connect the electronic device to an external device. The external device is capable of individually recognizing the memory components one at a time or simultaneously recognizing only a few of the memory components. The receiver is configured to receive a select instruction that specifies which of the memory components will be recognized by the external device. The communication component is configured to automatically communicate with the external device to permit the external device to automatically recognize at least one of the memory components as a predefined memory component. The communication component is further configured to communicate with the external device when the receiver receives the select instruction to permit the external device to recognize at least one memory components according to the select instruction.

Communication control device

Provided is an electronic device which is selectively connectable to two or more power sources thereby to charge the battery therein, and when connection with one power source is discontinued, the electronic device promptly switches connection to another power source thereby to start battery charging. When the external device connection sectionbecomes connected to an external device, while an AC connection sectionis connected to an AC power source, a control sectionperforms initial communication with the external device thereby to perform charge setting necessary for charging a batteryvia the external device.

Rechargeable device and power feeding control method

A method and an apparatus for decomposing and eliminating ethanol in an exhaust gas by bringing the ethanol in the exhaust gas into contact with an ethanol-utilizing microorganism held in a filter bed are provided. A microorganism selected from the genus Candida, the genus Pichia and/or the genus Hansenula is used as the ethanol-utilizing microorganism, whereby a method and an apparatus having a high removal efficiency of ethanol in the exhaust gas, and being capable of long-term, stable decomposition and elimination of ethanol under high concentration, high load capacity, can be provided.

Method for eliminating ethanol in exhaust gas

A germ-removing filter includes a filter substrate, and an antimicrobial material dispersedly mixed into the filter substrate. The antimicrobial material is antimicrobial fiber bonded with silver ion. The total amount of the silver ions present in the filter substrate material when mixed with the antimicrobial fiber is equivalent to an amount of silver ions contained in an antimicrobial fiber which is mixed at more than 10 wt % in the filter substrate and which has entire exchange groups or bonding groups thereof exchanged or bonded with silver ions. An apparatus using the filter for maintaining a sterile room under sterile condition is also disclosed.

Germ-removing filter and apparatus for maintaining sterile room under

A process for producing microcapsules which comprises forming a wall of coacervates on microdroplets of an oily substance of water-insoluble solid particles through reaction between gelatin and an anionic polymer, allowing a ylidoid compound to act on the coacervates so that cross-linking occurs between the polymer molecules of gelatin to harden the microcapsules.

Process for producing microcapsules

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Takeshi Saeki